Turn on Automatic Downloads or App Updates

After you turn on Automatic Downloads, any purchase that you make in the App Store, iTunes Store, or Apple Books on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or computer automatically downloads to all of your other devices. You can also turn on Automatic Updates for apps.

If you use Family Sharing and turn on Automatic Downloads, content that other members of your family group buys doesn't automatically download to your devices. Only content that you purchase with your Apple ID downloads automatically. And if you turn on Automatic Updates, only apps that you purchase update automatically.

Turn on Automatic Downloads or Automatic Updates

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Tap Settings > [your name] > iTunes & App Store.

Turn on the content that you want to automatically download.

After you turn on Automatic Downloads for music, apps, or books and audiobooks on all of your devices, all new purchases that you make in the App Store, iTunes Store, or Apple Books on any device download automatically to all of your devices.

Turn on Updates to get Automatic Updates for apps. Any new versions of apps that you currently have on your device will automatically download when they're available.

You can also turn Automatic Downloads on or off over your cellular network on an iPhone or iPad Wi-Fi + Cellular. Go to Settings > [your name] > iTunes & App Store and turn Use Cellular Data on or off. Cellular Data downloads are limited to a file size of 150 MB or smaller.

On your computer

You can turn on Automatic Downloads for apps for your Mac in the App Store; for music, movies, and TV shows in iTunes; and for books in Apple Books.

App Store

Open the App Store.

From the menu bar at the top of your computer screen, choose App Store > Preferences.

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